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How memory embeds in the city: Everyday cultural memory in Kraków, Poland

Danielle Drozdzewski

Danielle Drozdzewski

Department of Human Geography, Stockholm UniversityStockholm, Sweden
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Jul 31, 2024
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Published Online: Jul 31, 2024
Page range: 160 - 168
Received: May 29, 2024
Accepted: Jun 17, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2023-0043
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Figure 1.

Planty Location Map. Two red circles denote location of Lilla Weneda and GrażynaSource: Open Street Maps 2024.
Planty Location Map. Two red circles denote location of Lilla Weneda and GrażynaSource: Open Street Maps 2024.

Figure 2.

Grażyna, Planty, Kraków (1823)Source: author’s own photograph
Grażyna, Planty, Kraków (1823)Source: author’s own photograph

Figure 3.

Lilla Weneda (1839), Planty, KrakówSource: authors own photograph.
Lilla Weneda (1839), Planty, KrakówSource: authors own photograph.

Figure 4.

Response to Likert Scale QuestionsSource: author’s own research
Response to Likert Scale QuestionsSource: author’s own research

Monuments in the Planty, Kraków, Poland

Monument Explanation of characters depicted in the monuments Year Constructed
Colonel Narcyz Wiatr Monument to Colonel Narcyz Wiatr who was killed by the Communist Ministry of Public Security (Urzęd Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego) on 21 April, 1944 1992
Michał Bałucki Poet, journalist and comic playwright of the Romantic Era 1911
Florian Straszewski Designer of Planty parklands and member of Kraków City Council 1874
Monument to the victims of a workers’ strike Monument to the ten victims killed as a result of police action to break a strike at the Semperit factory, Kraków, on 18 March 1936 1989
Bohdan Zaleski Poet of the Romantic Era 1886
Jadwiga and Jagiełło Queen and King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 1874
Lilla Weneda Character and title of Romantic Era poem by Juliusz Słowacki (1840) 1885
Artur Grottger Polish painter and draftsman of the Romantic Era 1901
Mikołaj Kopernik Polish astronomer and scientist 1901
Grażyna Character and title of Romantic Era poem by Adam Mickiewicz (1823) 1886
Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński Writer, satirical poet and literary and theatre critic 1985
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